Another Doting Mother
Peace-loving, equality-promoting, placid and boring old Canada is becoming a riot of violence, lately. The incidence in Canada's major cities of drug violence, street crime, juvenile gangs and the gangster culture is being felt in the most violently civil-deleterious way throughout the country.
What is happening in Mexico is atrociously extreme, with daily killings and a drug culture that is threatening to overtake the country entirely. What we're seeing now in Canada has vague resemblances to the breakdown of law and order in Mexico and elsewhere in the world.
Somehow, we've never quite anticipated that anything remotely resembling this danger to society would ever erupt in Canada. But it has, and it's worrisome beyond belief, both to the country's policing agents, the government and to the population at large.
The scourge of drug dependency, and the constant pursuit of drug dealers to enlarge their territories, to protect against the incursion of other dealers on their territory is threatening the stability of society altogether. When drive-by shootings become commonplace, and innocent bystanders are hurt or killed, then we know the problem has become acute.
Where are the parents of those young men whose unbridled lust for power and easy money has led them to street crime, street gangs and the proliferation of drug dealing? Well, they're there, obviously, but on the evidence don't appear to see anything untoward in their sons' behaviours; they're simply taking advantage of opportunities.
The mother of a young criminal now serving a 16-year sentence in British Columbia on a number of convictions inclusive of arson, assault causing bodily harm and conspiracy to traffic weapons, thinks he's quite wonderful. She described him, in a letter of support as "a role model for youth to emulate". And indeed, youth do regard him as a role model and they do their utmost to emulate him.
In 2004 he hired a drug addict to commit a number of arsons on local businesses, causing $9-million in damages. Over a six-month period he sold to undercover officers fully automatic .303 calibre Bren sub machine guns, fully automatic 9mm Sten sub-machine guns, semi-automatic Smith and Wesson pistols and semi-automatic Beretta pistols, along with silencers and rounds of ammunition.
Police, throughout the sting operation paid him $138,400, which has never been recovered. The man, Steven Porsch, a member of the Red Scorpion gang, considers himself a "criminal entrepreneur", having gone directly from high school into peddling drugs and weapons. He and his colleagues in crime represent a growing body of 'entrepreneurs' of whom Canada has no wish to encourage a larger presence.
He inspired another young man to commit himself to a life of illicit gain and brutally anti-social activities. This 19-year-old has two older brothers, notorious where they live for the crimes they've committed and their allegiance to street gangs. They too have been charged on weapons and attempted murder offences. The three brothers wear bullet-proof vests, and drive bulletproofed vehicles.
Two of the brothers live in a quiet residential neighbourhood, with their parents. Police investigators have been watching this outstanding family and have "learned there are plans to murder" the three. Should these gang members discreetly act to remove one another from active duty, they will be missed by no one other than their supportive parents.
Trouble is, they've protected themselves so well through bullet-proofing, it is only by stealth and surreptitious cover that they can be stalked - in public places - where, when the bullets fly, innocent bystanders are imperilled. And these mothers of the criminals they have raised consider them to be upstanding members of society; albeit a side of society most people have no interest in becoming familiar with.
We really should seriously consider, as a society, the prosecution of parents who support and encourage criminal activity through their children.
What is happening in Mexico is atrociously extreme, with daily killings and a drug culture that is threatening to overtake the country entirely. What we're seeing now in Canada has vague resemblances to the breakdown of law and order in Mexico and elsewhere in the world.
Somehow, we've never quite anticipated that anything remotely resembling this danger to society would ever erupt in Canada. But it has, and it's worrisome beyond belief, both to the country's policing agents, the government and to the population at large.
The scourge of drug dependency, and the constant pursuit of drug dealers to enlarge their territories, to protect against the incursion of other dealers on their territory is threatening the stability of society altogether. When drive-by shootings become commonplace, and innocent bystanders are hurt or killed, then we know the problem has become acute.
Where are the parents of those young men whose unbridled lust for power and easy money has led them to street crime, street gangs and the proliferation of drug dealing? Well, they're there, obviously, but on the evidence don't appear to see anything untoward in their sons' behaviours; they're simply taking advantage of opportunities.
The mother of a young criminal now serving a 16-year sentence in British Columbia on a number of convictions inclusive of arson, assault causing bodily harm and conspiracy to traffic weapons, thinks he's quite wonderful. She described him, in a letter of support as "a role model for youth to emulate". And indeed, youth do regard him as a role model and they do their utmost to emulate him.
In 2004 he hired a drug addict to commit a number of arsons on local businesses, causing $9-million in damages. Over a six-month period he sold to undercover officers fully automatic .303 calibre Bren sub machine guns, fully automatic 9mm Sten sub-machine guns, semi-automatic Smith and Wesson pistols and semi-automatic Beretta pistols, along with silencers and rounds of ammunition.
Police, throughout the sting operation paid him $138,400, which has never been recovered. The man, Steven Porsch, a member of the Red Scorpion gang, considers himself a "criminal entrepreneur", having gone directly from high school into peddling drugs and weapons. He and his colleagues in crime represent a growing body of 'entrepreneurs' of whom Canada has no wish to encourage a larger presence.
He inspired another young man to commit himself to a life of illicit gain and brutally anti-social activities. This 19-year-old has two older brothers, notorious where they live for the crimes they've committed and their allegiance to street gangs. They too have been charged on weapons and attempted murder offences. The three brothers wear bullet-proof vests, and drive bulletproofed vehicles.
Two of the brothers live in a quiet residential neighbourhood, with their parents. Police investigators have been watching this outstanding family and have "learned there are plans to murder" the three. Should these gang members discreetly act to remove one another from active duty, they will be missed by no one other than their supportive parents.
Trouble is, they've protected themselves so well through bullet-proofing, it is only by stealth and surreptitious cover that they can be stalked - in public places - where, when the bullets fly, innocent bystanders are imperilled. And these mothers of the criminals they have raised consider them to be upstanding members of society; albeit a side of society most people have no interest in becoming familiar with.
We really should seriously consider, as a society, the prosecution of parents who support and encourage criminal activity through their children.
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